Adding broccoli to an unhealthy diet could help stave of obesity-related liver disease and cancer, say researchers backed by the US National Cancer Institute.
Adding blueberries or broccoli to the diet may shift the balance of bacteria colonizing the gut, and improve inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), suggests new data from a mouse study.
Biofortification of broccoli and tomatoes may lead to increased levels of potentially anti-cancer compounds, according to results of an American study.
Consuming cooked or processed broccoli may result in less of the potential anti-cancer compounds being available for absorption, suggests a new study from TNO Quality of Life.
Tomatoes and broccoli, independently known for their anti-cancer
benefits, may have an extra effect against prostate cancer when
both are part of the daily diet than when they're eaten alone, if
results from an animal study can...
Researchers at the University of Virginia are starting a new
project, funded by the National Cancer Institute, to unlock the
secrets behind broccoli's potential anti-cancer benefits.
Research into freshness issues associated with broccoli will also
yield varieties that retain their beneficial nutrients for longer,
say scientists from the University of Warwick.
The benefits of broccoli have been showing up on consumers' health
radar screens recently, and now they will be able to buy CS
Health's Vitalica supplements from retail outlets in the US
following a distribution agreement...
Broccoli's ability to fight Helicobacteri pylori, the
bacterium responsible for most stomach cancers, has been
demonstrated in a human study for the first time, claim Japanese
researchers.
B&D Nutritional Ingredients has signed an exclusive agreement
with CS Agra to market sgs-100, a broccoli seed extract from a
plant strain that is unusually high in sulforaphane glucisinolate
(SGS), in the United States.
UK researchers are investigating whether a food supplement derived
from substances found in cabbage could reduce the incidence of
cervical abnormalities.
